British Cave Research Association

Sorry David, my misunderstanding.

I thought it had been decommissioned a while ago in favour of the subscribe option.

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Hi Tim,

Welcome to the forum.

Are you aware of the Nicola 3 Cave Radio System which is a digital radio? See https://www.facebook.com/AssociationNicola/

Sorry I can't help you but it is probably worth posting your question on the ukCaving forum as well.

It is not true that the BCA Newsletter and BCA Handbook have ceased publication.

They are no longer being printed but will be published electronically.

We have a keen volunteer for the Newsletter and several edition have already been published on the website.

Hi Luc, Stuart France (member of CREG, contact details at http://www.chelseaspelaeo.org.uk/contacts.htm ) designed and built a cave telephone for the South Wales Cave Rescue teams. I recall watching an interesting talk on the subject from Stuart himself. The article describing it is available from h...

I doubt if pdf/a is "the answer" but it might well be part of the answer.

If pdf/a does what it says on the tin then it should go a long way to addressing those problems although clearly Adobe can't control external printer drivers etc. but at least you are starting from a solid base.

Something of interest I came across recently might be of interest here. There is a specific pdf standard for digital archiving called pdf/a. This format has a better chance than most of still being readable many years from now without those subtle changes creeping in. See http://www.adobe.com/enterp...

Just because it is old doesn't mean it of no use.

We still drag the MRO's Grunterphone out every now and then for radio location work.

The Grunterphone is the one before the Molephone before the Hayphone before the Nichola!

A reading of 5.8% (5800ppm) C02 was recorded in Cuckoo Cleeves last year at the height of the CO2 problems there. I would say a typical reading for a cave would be around the 1% (1000ppm) level. So a range of 10,000ppm would probably be more useful than 3000ppm otherwise you are in danger of going o...

Hello, PS.: Is it customary for new members to introduce themselves here or in a better location in this forum? Hi Mattias, there is no need to introduce yourself. Although if want to, use whichever section you are most comfortable with. I can't help you with your query, but I'm sure Mr Gibson will...

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These are, pretty much, some words I wrote for the UKCaving Forum. I think are worth reposting here: I think it is worth saying what I see as the purpose of the BCA Forum. For those who haven't realised it, I'm the person who setup and administers the BCA Forum. LesW helps out with the admin and mod...

Idris has emailed me this question: How do I get in? You don't need to do anything to read the messages on the public forums, just select the forums and topics you are interested in. To post messages or join the private forums you need to Login. The first time you need to Register as well. Select Re...

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